Normally hot-blooded Plovers , fluffed up in Queensland's cold snap . When nesting, these birds are very defensive and dive bomb people who come near . A member of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly was attacked by a plover outside parliament. Plovers have an unfortunate habit of laying eggs on grass next to busy roads , their tiny, fluffy chicks often run over . A regular tragic nesting spot has been the Port Adelaide Road - North Terrace intersection.
